MixBox Scholarship

Description:

Mixbook is the most powerful design tool to create fully customizable photo products like books, cards, calendars and wall canvases. We've dedicated ourselves to bringing you the best experience in creating professional quality photo products that truly reflect your vision for years to come.

At Mixbook, we’ve helped millions of people tell their story through photographs. Now, we want to hear a story from you.

Through our scholarship program, two college students will be granted $1,000 scholarships each to be used towards their education.

Requirements:

Must be enrolled, or will be enrolled, in a full-time college or university program

Essays must be original work, and can not be previously published or have won awards

Must be suitable for publication (i.e., language, content, etc.)

Only one submission per applicant

Essays can be submitted in .dox, .docx, or .pdf format

Maximum 1,000 word count

If your historical photo is not in the public domain, you may provide a link to the photograph

Application Process:

Write an original essay (max. 1000 word count) that answers one of the following questions:

Question 1

If you could go back in time and be in any historical moment captured in a photograph, which image would you choose and why? Please include the photograph or a link to the photograph you are writing about.

Question 2

At Mixbook, we help you tell your story by placing your photographic art in a book, a card, on a canvas, etc. Do you think it is important in our increasingly digital world to be able to continue to interact with visual and graphical art in a physical medium? Why or why not?

Submit your essay with your contact information by May 29, 2016 in a .doc, .docx, or .pdf format to scholarships@mixbook.com